When a patient goes in for surgery, they are literally putting their life in the hands of the surgeons. Unfortunately, there are many instances of surgeons operating on the wrong side of the body. The consequences of these mistakes can be devastating. Deborah Craven went in for surgery to have a rib removed. When it was discovered that the surgeons had removed the wrong rib and left surgical coils in her body, they lied to cover up their mistake. They told Mrs. Craven she needed another surgery because they failed to remove all of the rib in the first surgery. She is currently engaged in filing a lawsuit with the help of a medical malpractice lawyer. Mrs. Craven had to undergo an unnecessary surgery due to the mistake, but many victims have much worse consequences. Regina Turner went into surgery for a left side craniotomy bypass, because she was suffering […]

Americans who are going in for a surgical procedure may leave the operating room with more than they bargained for. A study conducted by Johns Hopkins University found that surgeons leave foreign objects within patients’ surgical sites more than 4,000 times every year. More than two-thirds of all retained foreign objects are gauze-like sponges that surgeons use to control blood loss during surgery. These surgical sponges can cause a significant amount of internal damage and even death to unsuspecting patients, as any medical malpractice attorney Lake County knows. The most common complications associated with these preventable surgical errors include: Digestive damage and dysfunction Sponges left behind from surgical errors may migrate into the lining of a patient’s stomach, causing gastrointestinal bleeding. The exact severity of damage that occurs will vary from one patient to another, depending on each person’s unique characteristics. Weight loss, fever, swelling of the abdomen, nausea, vomiting […]